Attachment for oil-containers.



No. 653,985. Patented July l7, I900.

W. L. GLAYTUN &. N. B. PEBSINGEB. ATTACHMENT FOB OIL CONTAINERS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM L. CLAYTON AND NEWTON R. PERSINGER, OF CENTRAL CITY, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR QlL-CQNTAINERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,985, dated July 17, 1900.

Application filed September 2, 1899. Serial No. 729,346. (No model.)

T to whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM L. CLAYTON and NEWTON R. PERSINGER, of Central City, in the county of Merrick and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Attachment for Oil-Containers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device for permitting lamps and other articles to be filled with oil from a can, barrel, or other like container, the oil being forced out by air-pressure; and the invention comprises certain novel constructions for effectively attaining this end.

This specification is the disclosure of two forms of our invention,while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with parts in section, showing the invention as applied to an oil-can. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the invention applied to a barrel.

Referring to Fig. 1, the oil-can 3 has a discharge-spout 4:, which extends vertically from the bottom of the oil-can upward through a screw-cap 10 and is carried thereby, the tube ebeing formedwith a downwardly-projecting spout 5 to deliver the oil into the lamp or other article. A closure 6' for the spout 5 is provided and is held by a chain 7, attached to an eye 8, fastened on the oil-can. When not in use, the closure 6 hangs in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. 7

The oil-can is provided with a threaded flange 9, surrounding an opening in the top thereof, and this flange carries the screwcap 10, on which stands a hollow column 11, this column communicating at its upper end with a valve-chamber 12, such chamber being of approximately double-conical form, the apex of one cone communicating with an air-bulb 14., by means of which air-pressure may be established within the can. A valve 15 is mounted in the chamber 12 and is adapted to be moved into either end thereof across the .valve in the manner shown.

mouth of the hollow column 11. The full and dotted lines in Fig. 1 illustrate the positions which this valve 15 is capable of occupying. The valve 15 is provided with a stem 16, which is projected through the end of the valvecasing 12 opposite the end with which the bulb let communicates. If so desired, the cap may be unscrewed from the nipple 9 and replaced by an ordinary screw-cap 17, held Fig. 1 and the closure 6 disengaged from the nozzle 5. Then by working the bulb 14 an air-pressure is established Within the can on top of the oil, and the oil is forced out through the tube 4 and nozzle 5. When it is desired to stop the flow of the oil, the valve 15 is thrown to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, which immediately releases air-pressure within the can and at the same time prevents any additional pressure being established by the operation of the bulb 14. Should the lamp or other object have been filled excessively, the spout 5 of the tube 4 may be inserted in the lamp, and by throwing the valve 15 to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the oil may be siphoned back from the lamp to the can, as will be understood. If desired, the bulb 14 maybe dispensed with and an elastic tube attached to the valve-chamber. This tube may be taken in the mouth of the user and the air-pressure furnished in this way. By compressing the tube between the fingers it may be closed as the exigencies of the operation may require. In applying our invention to a barrel 19 (see Fig. 2) a plug 20 is provided in place of the parts 0 and 10 in Fig. 1. rangement the discharge-tube at and the tube or hollow column 11 are carried in the plug and communicate with the interior of the Otherwise theconstruction is the same as that of Fig.1.

With this ar- 5 Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a tube or hollow column, avalve-chamber of approximately double-conical form, the valve-chamber being mounted on the tube and communicating with the same at the middle of the valve-chamber, air-pressure devices in connection with one end of the valve-chamber, the other end of the valve-chamber being open to the atmosphere, and a valve mounted in the valvechamber and reciprocal across the mouth of the tube or hollow column, the valve seating in each end of the valve-chamber to throw the hollow column or tube alternatelyin communication with the air-pressure devices and with the atmosphere.

2. The combination with a tube or hollow column, of a valve-chamber mounted thereon 

